For business

We are working closely with employer partners to help students develop skills and attitudes to help them develop successful careers.

We are listening to employers’ needs through a range of advisory boards and forums. This helps us to promote and develop the exact qualities which employers are looking for:

First-class customer service skills

Commercial acumen

Appropriate risk taking

Problem solving skills

Enthusiasm

Flexibility

Commitment

Reliability

Innovation

Our work with businesses includes a successful apprenticeship programme and workplace training. These programmes are co-created with the employer, ensuring that solutions are right for the business and their employees.

Colin Sanders Innovation Centre

Activate Learning manages a business centre for small, medium-sized and growing businesses.

The Colin Sanders Innovation Centre, based in Banbury, provides managed office space, meeting rooms and a virtual office service for organisations from the private, public and third sectors.

We are developing our links between businesses in the centre and students studying programmes at Banbury and Bicester College.